Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester

Diocese of Rochester

*Dioecesis Roffensis*
Diocese of Rochester; Dioecesis Roffensis
Catholic
	Sacred Heart Cathedral
	Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	Counties of Monroe, Cayuga, Livingston, Wayne, Tioga, Tompkins, Ontario, Seneca, Schuyler, Yates, Steuben and Chemung, New York
Episcopal conference	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Ecclesiastical region	Region II
Ecclesiastical province	New York
Deaneries	7
Statistics
Area	8,772 sq mi (22,720 km2)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2014); 1,570,000; 350,000 (23%)
Parishes	106
Churches	172
Congregations	172
Schools	27
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	March 3, 1868
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Patron saint	St. John Fisher
Secular priests	251
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Salvatore Ronald Matano
Metropolitan Archbishop	Timothy M. Dolan
Vicar General	Paul J. Tomasso
Map
Website
	dor.org

The Diocese of Rochester (Latin: Dioecesis Roffensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the Upstate region of New York State in the United States.

The bishop of the diocese is currently Salvatore Matano. The metropolitan for the diocese is the archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York – currently Timothy Cardinal Dolan. The cathedral parish for the diocese is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Rochester. The patron saint of the diocese is English cardinal John Fisher.^[1]

The diocese comprises 12 counties with approximately 350,000 Catholics and over 125 faith communities (parishes and chapels), 22 diocesan elementary schools and seven independent parochial high schools.

^ Craughwell, Thomas (June 22, 2020). "St. John Fisher the Martyr, Overshadowed by St. Thomas More". St. John Fisher, Patron of the Diocese of Rochester.

[1] Craughwell, Thomas (June 22, 2020). "St. John Fisher the Martyr, Overshadowed by St. Thomas More". St. John Fisher, Patron of the Diocese of Rochester.

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